Fall

Connections

Aashish walked out of his house. He turned around and wanted to return when he thought what a 16 year old person could possibly do but when he thought about his family which never really cared for him, he felt cold. He didn't want to return home. He wanted to think he had no-one in this world but he remembered his mother. His mother always loved him and he loved her too.

"I will be back when I become a renowned person. " he said loudly as he walked away.

Aashish made his mind to enter Kathmandu City as his home ,Kushma, was not as developed as Kathmandu City. Actually, the main reason he left his City was that he was afraid of facing his family.

Kathmandu City

Year 2021 , March 18

It was at this day, Aashish stepped into Kathmandu City. It was more populated than other cities of Nepal but it was more polluted too. Aashish got off the bus at New Buspark. It was quite famous area in Kathmandu City. It was renowned as one of the most dangerous areas in the City . The acts like mugging were quite common in the area.

Aashish was planning to earn big but he had no idea where to start. He went to the City centre and asked a man,

"Hello,brother . Where can I find a job over here?"

The man scanned Aashish from top to bottom and asked,

"What can you do?"

"Anything that can make me rich." Aashish replied.

"Heh. Quite the tone you have boy. But such are things a little boy like you can't do. You better start working on a hotel so that you can survive today."

The man said as he walked away.

Aashish didn't have any idea what to do. So, he followed the advice and went to a hotel.

"Hello sir. Is there a job available here?"

"A job is available yes. But I don't know if you want it."

"What's the job? I will take it. "

"Okay just you want it. Your job is to guide people to our hotel. The more people you bring the more money you get. We will give you 5000 per month and you can eat at our hotel."

Aashish was very sad by his salary though. But he didn't know any better so he accepted the job.

"Hey kid, what's your name?"

"Aas-" He was about to tell his name when he remembered he left his family. So he thought he should change his name too.

" Sorry, I don't have my identity anymore. You can call me anything you want."

"Is that so. Um... your complexion is so dark. Why don't I call you dark? OK, Dark I am Mohan. You can rest now if you want. Your duty starts from evening."

"Thank you brother Mohan." Andrew went inside the hotel.

Aashish met the crew of the hotel. Among them were 3 people with the same job as Andrew. One was a fat guy named Sushant , one was super skinny named Bibek and the last one had a great build. His name was Aadesh.

"Hello. I am dark. Nice to meet you." Aashish introduced himself to them but he got different reactions. Bibek didn't seem to care at all and Sushant just smiled. But Aadesh started shouting ,

"Hey, Mohan. Why are you bringing a kid who keeps even his name a secret? Do you expect us to trust him if he doesn't trust us?"

Mohan just smiled and said,"We are short on people lately. If you are not satisfied with him, why don't you go out and bring a guy you can trust?" Mohan walked away after saying that.

Aadesh glared at Aashish furiously and said," Hey, you. Stay away from me or I might just kill you."

Aadesh went inside his room and slammed his door.

Seeing that Aashish was scolded on his first day, Sushant came to Andrew and said,

"Hey,you can call me Sushant. "

"Hello, big brother Sushant." Maybe the fatty liked being called a big brother, his mouth was full of smiles.

" You are so young. To be here to work, are you an orphan?"

" Not exactly. I ran away from home go earn a lot of money."

Sushant started laughing after hearing that response.

"And how do you plan to earn so much money?"

Aashish was speechless. He had no plans like that." I - um.."

"Look here kid. Since you called me a big brother, I will give you some free knowledge . In this world, money can make your life easier but it is not everything you need to survive. There is something else required and that thing can make you a billionaire if you can utilise it properly. "

" What is that thing?" This was the first time Aashish was hearing about something more important than money. He wanted it.

" Connections. The thing that can make your life easier. It is your connection with people. The more big people you know the more help you can get. But it is hard to build connections with big people."

"What use is that ? If I have enough money, people will try come to me to build those connections."

" You are certainly right about that. But, you do not have any money at the moment, so you need to focus on building connections." Sushant said.

"Hey, fatty. Stop your philosophy, we need to go. It's already 5 pm." Aadesh shouted from his room.

Aashish went to the roadside with Aadesh and others. It was hard to find guests so brought four chairs from a restaurant by the side and started smoking. There were other people who were searching for guests too. One of the group was looking in the direction of Aadesh. Andrew was afraid of Aadesh so he asked Sushant,

" Bro. Those people seem hostile to us. Why us that?"

"Oh. It's nothing to worry about. Yesterday one of them was trying to bully Bibek so Aadesh beat him up. That might be why they are angry. But don't worry they won't make a move. Aadesh is strong and they are afraid of him."

"Really? Aadesh beat people because of Bibek?"

"Hahaha, he might seem cold but he values friendship very much. Oh, seems like there is a guest."

There was a man carrying a bag wondering around in the road. Bibek finally spoke,

" I will take him."

"Okay." Fatty let Bibek guide the man to the hotel.

The group of guides who were staring at Aadesh finally stood up. They went to Aadesh and a bulky guy spoke," Were you one who beat up my man?"

Aadesh looked at the man and said," Why don't you ask your man who got beat up instead?" He was not afraid of those people..

"Hahahahaha.. you have some guts. Aren't you afraid that we will f**k you up?" The man asked with a stern look.

"If you think you can bully me with just 5 people, you are mistaken. Try me if you can."

The five people made a circle with Aadesh, Sushant and Aashish in between. They kept moving in circles. Finally, they took out knives from their waist pocket. But they were still wary of Aadesh.

Suddenly, one of them stabbed the knife on Sushant's stomach. Blood spilled.

"Fatty...." Aadesh roared and jumped towards the person nearest to him seemingly wanting to bite him.

As for Aashish, he was too shocked to even think. He just kept staring at Sushant who was lying on the ground struggling to get up.